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A. STEPHAN.

MECHANICAL MEASURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY2o.1915.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916 A. STEPHAN. MECHANICAL MEASURE.

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' AUGUST STEPHAN, or rnnEPonT, ILLINOIS..

MECHANICAL MEASURE.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

' Patented Aug. 8,1916.

I Application ilesl May 20, 1915. Serial No. 29,368.

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST STEPHAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State lofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMechanical Measures; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved mechanical measuring device for dispensingnumerous kinds of fluids, the present lembodiment of the invention,however, being designed primarily for measuring heavy oils,-but it willbe evident that its application need not be limited to use for this onepurpose.

The object of the invention is 'to provide a device of the classdescribed which may be simply and inexpensively manufactured andmarketed, yet which when applied to use, will be eflicient and durableand will possess a number of advantageous features.

With this general object in view, the invention resides in certain novelfeatures of construction and in the unique combinations of partshereinafter fully described and claimed. Y

In the accompanying drawings which constitute a part of the application,Figures 1 and 2 are vertical sections of the invention showing twodifferent positions of the valve member thereof and parts operabletherewith; and Figs. 3 and 4 are horizontal sections as seen on theplanes indicated by the lines 3 3 and 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In describing the invention, I shall refer to these drawings by similarreference characters v placed on corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, the numeral 1 indicating an upright tank which may be ofrectangular formation as shown in the drawings 'or of any otherpreferred design, said tank being provided with a removable cover plate2 having near its center a stuiing box 3 and an air vent 4, while spacednear one of its edges, the opening 5 is provided, this opening beingalined with an additional opening 6 which is formed in the bottom 7 ofthe tank. In addition to the opening 6,

thel bottom 7 is provided with a second opening 8 spaced inwardlytherefrom and with a third opening 9 spaced an appropriate distancefromvthe opening 8.

Depending through the alined openings 5 and 6 and having nuts 10 bearingagainst the outer sides ofthe top and bottom, is the upright feed pipe11 whose upper end. may be connected to'any appropriate source of iluidsupply, while its lower end is threaded into one end of a U-coupling 12whose othery end receives therein a `pipe 13 which constitutes acontinuation of the feed pipe and which is passed upwardly through theopening 8 in the bottom 7 while threaded up- Wardlly through the opening9, is a delivery Plpe As' clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the two pipes13 and 14 rise from the bottom 7 and are threadedinto a pair ofeccentrically disposed openings ina stationary plate 15, this platebeing preferably though not necessarily of circular formation as shownin Fig. 4. By this detail of construction, it will be evident that noother fastening means is necessary to secure the plate 15 (anessential-part of the invention) in place, but that the two pipes 13 and14 eifectively accomplish this end. v

Overlying the plate 15 and having apertures alined with the pipes 13 and14 and an additional aperture -alined with the socket 16 formed in theupper side of said plate 15, is a washer 17 of leather or lthe like,while bearing upon the upper side of this washer, is the rotatable valveplate 18 having therein a port 19 adapted to normally aline, with theinlet 13 to allow the tank to lill with the oil or other iiuid to bedispensed. It is to be observed, however, that when the port 19 issoalined with the pipe 13, an imperforate portion of the plate 18 overliesthe open upper end of the pipe 14 and prevents the discharge of fluidtherefrom until said plate is rotated a predetermined amount towbringone of an arcuate series of delivery pipes 20 .carried` therebyl andprojecting therethrough, into alinement with the pipe 14.

The delivery pipes 20, as clearly shown in Figs. land 2, rise .fromtheplate 18 and are disposed on an arc spaced either radially inward orradially outward from the port 19, whereby regardless of the amount towhich the plate 18 is rotated, none of said delivery pipes 20 willregister with the inlet pipe 13, but any one of the aforesaid pipes 20may be brought into vertical alinement with the pipe 14. By so-doing,and by varying the lengths of the pipes 20, any desired inlet pipe 13,the result being that the oil until thelevel of such oil reaches theupper end of the pipe 2 0 in question. Needless to say, the supplydelivered-to the pipe 14 is then checked. rIhe same operation takesplace when discharging any desired amount of fluid from the tank, bypositioning the proper pipe 20 above the delivery pipe, the relativepositions. of the pipes 20 and 14 being ascertained from the exterior ofthe tank by any appropriate type of indicating means placed thereon.Such means, however, is not illustrated since any one of the numerousdesigns of such devices, well known to those skilled in the art to whichthe invention relates, may be applied to use for this purpose. v

In order to retain the plate 18 in proper 1 relation to the pipes A13and 14, the center thereof is provided with ajournal 21 preferablythough not necessarily formed as an integral part thereof, and receivedby the.

sprocket 16 while in order to rotate the plate 18 in the manner aboveset forth, it is provided with an ,upright cylindrical stem 22 eitherformed integrally therewith or secured thereto in any preferred manner,the

upper end of this stem being extendedv through the stuiing box 3 andbeing reduced directly above said box to provide an annular .shoulder 23against which a nut 24 having a threaded engagement with a portion ofsaid stung'box bears, whereby lto retain the plate 18 in properfrictional contact with the washer 17 for obvious reasons'. Secured tothe upper end of the stem 22, directly above the nut 24, is a handle 25which'may be in the form of a lever'as disclosed in the presentapplication, or` of any other preferred design. n

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be evident that although very simpleconstruction has been provided for the attainment of the desired ends,the complete device will be highly efficient in operation' and willpossess a number of advantageous features. Particular emphasis is laidupon the unique manner in which the plate 15,is

4plishing probably the, best results, and in the preceding such detailshave been described, but it will be evident that I need not be limitedthereto, or to character of materials, proportions of parts, etc.,otherwise than to the extent to which the appended claims .restrict me.within the tank will be discharged through the active pipe 2O and thedelivery pipe 14,

' I claim:- v

1. In combination, a tank having in its bottom a pair of spacedopenings, a non-rotatable plate disposed in contact with said bottom andhaving openings alined with the aforesaid openings, an inlet pipe'threaded through one o f the openings in the bottom and into one of theopenings in the plate, a delivery pipe threaded through the otheropening in the bottom and into the other Opening in the plate, arotatableI valve plate 90 operating over -the aforesaid. plate andlhaving its axis disposed nearer to one of the aforesaid pipes than tothe other, a port in saidl valve plate normally alining with the inletpipe, and an arcuate series of upstanding delivery tubes of unequallength rising from the valve'plate and spaced from the -axis thereof adistance equal to that at which the delivery pipe -is spaced therefrom.

. 2. In a fluid measuring device, the combination of a horizontal rotaryvalve disk having concentricwith its axis a series of upstanding uiddelivery tubes of unequal lengths.l said disk also having an inletopening spaced radially from the arc of theseries of tubes, incombination with a tank, a fluid inlet into the bottom thereof adaptedfor registration with the inlet opening in the valve disk, and an outletfrom said tank for registrationwith-the aforesaid fluid delivery tubes.g

' -3. A fluid measuring device comprising a closed tank having a Hathorizontal bottom, a flat horizontal plate resting on said bottom andhaving in its upper side a central socket, a flat horizontal gasketrestingon the plate and having an opening registering with the socket,an upright inlet pipe threaded through the tank bottom, the plate andinto the gasket, an upright outlet pipe likewise threaded through thetank bottom, the plate and into .the gasket, said pipes terminating in aplane below the upper side of the gasket'and being spaced unequaldistances in opposite directions from the socket, a flat horizontalvalve plate resting on the gasket said socket, said plate also having aPsingle inlet opening for registration with the inlet and having acentral stud depending into tulliesoii unequl lngth lising from thenesses. va ve p ate an a apte v or registration v Vwith the outlet pipe,means for rotating said GUS STEPHAN 5 valve plate, and means forsupplying iuid to Witnesses:

the aforesaid inlet pipe. LAWRENCE JAYNE In testimony whereof I havehereunto -set CEAS.' E. NoEsKE.

p pe, an arcuate series of upright outlet my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit-

